Key Votes
HR 5092 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives - Key Vote
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Stages
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- HR 5092 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- SB 259 - Relating to Harford Community College
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (277-131) - Sept. 26, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that amends the federal criminal code regarding firearms and explosives, changes the civil penalties for violating firearm regulations and directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for investigations.
Highlights:
- Modifies existing law from allowing the Attorney General to immediately revoke firearm licenses, after proper notification to the licensee, to a system of fines based upon the severity of the violation and the prior record of the firearm's licensee (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes the Attorney General to make preliminary decisions to approve or deny a federal firearms license application and gives applicants the right to a hearing for license denials (Sec. 3).
- Requires the Attorney General to create specific guidelines for investigations, inspections and examinations made by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (Sec. 5).
- Instructs the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to review the operations of gun show enforcement programs on residency checks of firearm purchasers; the Inspector General shall report these findings within one year to the Judiciary Committees of both the House and Senate (Sec 6.).
- Sets limits on who can have access to the information gathered from individual firearm licenses (Sec. 7).
Note:
NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - April 5, 2006
Title: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Robert B. Aderholt (AL - R)
- W. Todd Akin (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney M. Alexander (LA - R)
- Spencer T. Bachus (AL - R)
- Richard Hugh Baker (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- J. Gresham Barrett (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Barrow (GA - D)
- Charles F. 'Charlie' Bass (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bob Beauprez (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Marion Berry (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Brian P. Bilbray (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael 'Mike' Bilirakis (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rob Bishop (UT - R)
- Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA - D)
- Marsha Blackburn (TN - R)
- Henry Bonilla (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Josiah Robins 'Jo' Bonner Jr. (AL - R)
- John N. Boozman (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Daniel 'Dan' Boren (OK - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frederick C. 'Rick' Boucher (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. Boustany Jr. (LA - R)
- Allen Boyd Jr. (FL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jeb E. Bradley (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Henry E. Brown Jr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael C. Burgess (TX - R)
- Dan L. Burton (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John B.T. Campbell III (CA - R)
- Chris Cannon (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Eric I. Cantor (VA - R)
- Dennis A. Cardoza (CA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John R. Carter (TX - R)
- Tom Cole (OK - R)
- K. Michael 'Mike' Conaway (TX - R)
- Robert E. 'Bud' Cramer (AL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara L. Cubin (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Culberson (TX - R)
- Jo Ann S. Davis (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lincoln Davis (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Geoff Davis (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nathan Deal (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Peter A. DeFazio (OR - D)
- Thomas Dale 'Tom' DeLay (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Dent (PA - R)
- John D. Dingell (MI - D)
- John T. Doolittle (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thelma D. Drake (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John J. 'Jimmy' Duncan Jr. (TN - R)
- Thomas 'Chet' Edwards (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jo Ann Emerson (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Philip 'Phil' English (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Terry Everett (AL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Feeney (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- James Randy Forbes (VA - R)
- Harold Ford Jr. (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Virginia Ann Foxx (NC - R)
- Trent Franks (AZ - R)
- Scott Garrett (NJ - R)
- Jim Gerlach (PA - R)
- Phil Gingrey (GA - R)
- Virgil H. Goode Jr. (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert W. 'Bob' Goodlatte (VA - R)
- Kay Granger (TX - R)
- Samuel B. 'Sam' Graves (MO - R)
- Raymond Eugene 'Gene' Green (TX - D)
- Mark A. Green (WI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ralph Moody Hall (TX - R)
- Katherine Harris (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Melissa A. Hart (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert C. 'Robin' Hayes (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeb Hensarling (TX - R)
- Walter 'Wally' Herger Jr. (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Brian M. Higgins (NY - D)
- Thomas Timothy 'Tim' Holden (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Darrell Issa (CA - R)
- Ernest J. Istook Jr. (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- William Lewis 'Bill' Jenkins (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Piyush Amrit 'Bobby' Jindal (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel Robert 'Sam' Johnson (TX - R)
- Ric Keller (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mark R. Kennedy (MN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Steve A. King (IA - R)
- Jack Kingston (GA - R)
- John P. Kline (MN - R)
- John R. 'Randy' Kuhl Jr. (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard Ray 'Rick' Larsen (WA - D)
- Thomas P. 'Tom' Latham (IA - R)
- Ron Lewis (KY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank D. Lucas (OK - R)
- Connie Mack IV (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kenny E. Marchant (TX - R)
- James 'Jim' Marshall (GA - D) (Out Of Office)
- James David 'Jim' Matheson (UT - D)
- Thaddeus G. 'Thad' McCotter (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- James O. 'Jim' McCrery III (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Patrick T. McHenry (NC - R)
- Charles J. 'Charlie' Melancon Sr. (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Michael H. 'Mike' Michaud (ME - D)
- Jefferson B. 'Jeff' Miller (FL - R)
- Candice S. Miller (MI - R)
- Alan Bowlby Mollohan (WV - D) (Out Of Office)
- Timothy F. 'Tim' Murphy (PA - R)
- John P. 'Jack' Murtha (PA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Marilyn N. Musgrave (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Suellen W. 'Sue' Myrick (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Randy Neugebauer (TX - R)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood Jr. (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Nussle (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Solomon P. Ortiz Sr. (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- Clement Leroy 'Butch' Otter (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Stevan E. 'Steve' Pearce (NM - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Pence (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John E. Peterson (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Collin C. Peterson (MN - D)
- Charles W. 'Chip' Pickering Jr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph R. 'Joe' Pitts (PA - R)
- Todd Russell Platts (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Poe (TX - R)
- Richard W. Pombo (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Christopher Porter Sr. (NV - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas E. 'Tom' Price (GA - R)
- Adam H. Putnam (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nick Joe Rahall II (WV - D)
- Dennis 'Denny' Rehberg (MT - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard 'Rick' Renzi (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas M. Reynolds (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael Dennis 'Mike' Rogers (AL - R)
- Mike Rogers (MI - R)
- Michael Avery 'Mike' Ross (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim R. Ryun (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- John T. Salazar (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- John H. 'Joe' Schwarz (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert C. 'Bobby' Scott (VA - D)
- Peter A. 'Pete' Sessions (TX - R)
- John B. Shadegg (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Donald L. 'Don' Sherwood (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael K. 'Mike' Simpson (ID - R)
- Mark Edward Souder (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- John M. Spratt Jr. (SC - D) (Out Of Office)
- Clifford Bundy 'Cliff' Stearns (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ted Strickland (OH - D) (Out Of Office)
- John E. Sweeney (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Gerald Tancredo (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Tanner (TN - D) (Out Of Office)
- Charles H. Taylor (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lee R. Terry (NE - R)
- Zach Wamp (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- W. Curtis 'Curt' Weldon (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lynn A. Westmoreland (GA - R)
- Edward 'Ed' Whitfield (KY - R)
- Roger F. Wicker (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Donald E. 'Don' Young (AK - R)
